A Living Gospel

By Robert Ellsberg, 176 pages, ORBIS, 2019
Reviewed by Frank McGloin

“A Living Gospel,” by Robert Ellsburg, son of Daniel Ellsburg, the leaker of the Pentagon Papers. Don't let the title fool you. It's a look at people who greatly influenced the 20th century, including Dorothy Day, social reformer and writer; Thomas Merton, a monk whose writing and poetry were influential; Flannery O'Connor, novelist and short-story writer; and others. It is presented in a way that challenges our very values.